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.. ~ The Forest Service administers programs and provides services and cooperation for the states and private forest landoyners to promote better yatershed protection and land treatment. The Forest Service cooperates yith the state foresters to provide protection against fire, insects and disease; promote forest management practices; aid in tree distribution and planting for forests and shelterbelts; and provides technical assistance in forestry phases of yatershed protection and flood prevention proj ects . Land treatment programs for the private lands are administered by the Soil Conservation Service through cooperation yith Soil Conservation Districts. Financial assistance or cost-sharing for establishment of practices is provided by the Agricultural Stabi- lization and Conservation Service yith the Rural Environmental Assistance Program. In addition, for those counties yithin the Great Plains portion of the Missouri River Basin, financial assistance for installation of practices is provided on a contract bas iB through the "Great Plains Conservation Program" administered by SCS. Technical assistance for planning and application of land treatment, under both the regular SCS, REAP, District Cooperative Program and the Great Plains Conservation Program, is provided by SCS. A record of accomplishments to date and during fiscal year 1970 for selected yater and related land resources practices in the private sector is included in this report. These data have been compiled for the Missouri Basin portion of each state on county delineations used for the Basin TYpe I Study. The acres of each state yithin the Missouri Basin is shown in the table. Water Facilities Loans and Grants The Farmers Home Administration has assisted organizations of farmers and ranchers yith the development of irrigation yater supplies and systems, livestock yater and central community yater sYBtems Bince 1937, yhen extreme drought conditions prompted the passage of the Water Facilities Act to provide financial and technical asBistance in the 17 Western States. The program is now nationyide and has been broadened to permit aBBistance to organizations serving all rural residents, including farmers and non-farmerB alike. Loan and grant assistance for both yater and yaste disposal facilities to public agencies and private nonprofit corporations serving residentB of open country and rural towns and villages of not over 5,500 population is also authorized. The Farmers Home Administration is authorized to provide grant assistance to public organizationB BUch as counties, townships, and state, local and regional planning commissions for the preparation of comprehensive area plans for use in developing yater or seyer systems serving rural areas. '-tet